Toilet seat and cover therefor



y 8, 1956 P. J. SPERZEL 2,744,264

TOILET SEAT AND COVER THEREFOR Original Filed April 17, 1953 5&

VII/II/l/l/l/fI/l/l United States Patent TOILET SEAT AND COVER THEREFOR Peter J. Sperzel, Minneapolis, Minn., assignor to sperzel Company, Minneapolis, Minn., a corporation of Minnesota Original application August 17, 1953, Serial No. 374,789. Divided and this application April 28, 1955,'Serial No. 504,419

4 Claims. (c1, 4-2s4 My invention relates to toilet seats and covers therefor and is in the nature of a continuing application of my co-pending application, Serial No. 374,789, filed August in a horizontal position.

More specifically, my invention provides a novel friction hinge construction for a toilet seat and cooperating 1 cover of the type having a depending peripheral flange totally receiving therewithin said cover when said seat is pivotally moved into engagement with the under side of said cover, and has for its primary-object the provision of means whereby the hinge and bearing brackets incidental thereto are likewise fully concealed within the flange of the cover.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a device of the class described which is extremely pleasing in appearance, yet is rugged in construction and extremely durable.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a device of the class above described which incorporates a minimum of Working parts and, hence, is not unduly expensive to produce, andwhich is extremely easy to assemble and disassemble.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a device of the class described which is easy to clean and maintain and which provides a maximum of sanitation.

The above and still further objects of my invention will become apparent from the following detailed specification, appended claims and attached drawings.

Referring to the drawings wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1 is a view in top plan of my novel seat and cover combination, some parts being broken away and some parts shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in side elevation on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in front elevation showing a diflierent position of some of the parts, some parts being broken away;

Fig. 4- is an enlarged fragmentary section, taken substantially on the line 44 of Fig. 5; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view in section, taken substantially on the line 55 of Fig. 2 and showing a different position of some of the parts.

Referring with greater particularity to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a conventional toilet bowl having an anchoring shelf portion 2 projecting laterally outwardly from opposite sides of its rear portion 3. Mounted on the rear portion 3 is the conventional cover-equipped water storage reservoir 4.

As shown particularly in Fig. 5, the anchoring shelf ICC portion 2 is provided with vertically disposed openings 5 for the reception of anchoring bolts 6, which are provided at their screw-threaded lower ends with nuts 7. Anchoring bolts 6 are formed to provide loops 8 at their upper ends adapted to encompass the intermediate portions of hinge pintles 9. i

The toilet seat 12 is provided with a relatively narrow rearwardly projecting anchoring tongue portion 13 having opposite side edges 13a. As shown, a pair of bearing brackets 14 and 14a, having aligned bearing apertures 15 in their parallel opposite side walls 16 are positioned over the openings 5 in the anchoring flange 2 of the bowl 1. The hinge pintles 9 comprise a pair of laterally aligned first elements 10 and 10a whichproject laterally outwardly from opposite side edge portions 13a of the anchoring tongue portion 13. The element 10 is tubular in form and is snugly received within the aligned apertures 15 in the walls 16 of the bearing bracket 14, note left side of ,Fig. 5. The element 10a is preferably solid in form and projects loosely through the aligned openings 15 in the walls 16 of the bearing bracket 14a. The hinge pintles 9 further comprise a second pair of elements 11 and 11a, element 11a being tubular and telescopically journalled for rotation on the first element 10a with the telescoping portions ofthe elements 19a and 11a being snugly but rotatively receivable within the aligned openings 15 in the walls 16 of the bearing bracket 14a; whereas the tubular first element 10 has preferably the non-tubular second element 11 telescopically journalled for rotation therein with the telescoping portions of elements 10 and 11 being snugly but rotatively received within the aligned openings 15 of bearing bracket 14. Further, the anchoring tongue portion 13 of the toilet seat 12 is snugly received between the bearing brackets 1414a.

My novel cover 17 comprises a relatively flat top 18 and a depending peripheral flange 19, which is continuous and uninterrupted, with the sole exception of the rear portion 20 thereof, being provided with a pair of laterally spaced notches 21 for a purpose which will hereinafter become apparent.

A pair .of hinge brackets 22 are detachably secured to the undersurface of the flat top 18 of the cover 17, preferably, and as shown, by single screws 23. As shown, the hinge brackets 22 are shaped to conform to the side portions 24 of the flange 19, as indicated at 25, and to the rear portion 21') of said flange 19, as indicated at 26. As shown, the second pair of elements 11 and 1111 are preferably non-rotatably carried by the hinge brackets 22 intermediate the screws 23 and the rear portion 20 of the anchoring flange 19 and project through the aligned openings 15 in the opposite side walls 16 of the bearing brackets 14 and 14a to cooperate with the pair of first elements 1% and 10a, carried by the side edge portions 13a of the seat 12. I

It should further be noted that one of the hinge brackets 22 is snugly received between the flange 19 and the adjacent bearing bracket 14; whereas the other hinge bracket 22 is snugly received between the flange 19 and the bearing bracket 14a. This construction, coupled with the fact that the anchoring tongue portion 13 of the seat 12 is snugly received between the bearing brackets 1414a, imports great rigidity to the structure and insures long and trouble-free operation.

As shown in Fig. 2, the seat 12, including the anchoring tongue portion 13, is totally received Within the depending flange 19 of the cover 17 when said seat 12 and cover 17 are caused to nest either in a horizontal or vertical position. As shown, particularly in Figs. 1 and 4, the flat top 18 of the cover 17 is spaced from the bearing brackets 14 and 14a and completely overlies and conceals said bearing brackets 14 and 14a when the cover 17 is 3 in a horizontal position. The obvious purpose of the notches 21 in the rear portion 20 of the flange 19 is to permit vertical swinging movements of the cover 17, said notches 21 snugly receiving therein the bearing brackets 14 and 14a on such movement.

The assembly of my novel structure is extremely simple, as follows: The first pair of elements 19 and 10a of the hinge pintles 9 are caused to pass through the aligned bearing apertures 15 in the side walls 16 of the bearing brackets 14 and 14a, respectively. Note that the anchoring bolts 6 are in position so that the elements F13 and 10a likewise pass through the looped upper ends 8 thereof. Anchoring bolts 6 are then caused to pass loosely through the openings in the anchoring shaft portion 2 of the bowl 1. Thereafter, the second pair of elements 11 and 11a, carried by the hinge brackets 22, are likewise caused to pass through the aligned bearing apertures 15 and the looped upper ends 3 of the bolts e. These elements may now be securely anchored in position by the nuts 7. Finally, the cover 17 is secured to the hinge brackets 22 through the medium of the screws 23.

My invention has been thoroughly tested and has been found to be completely satisfactory for the accomplishment of the above objects; and, while I have shown a preferred embodiment thereof, I wish it to be understood that the invention is capable of being modified without departure from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a toilet seat and cover, a pair of laterally spaced bearing brackets adapted to be secured to a rearwardly projecting supporting shelf portion of a conventional toilet bowl, said brackets having laterally aligned openings therethrough, said seat having a longitudinally projecting anchoring portion having the side edges thereof snugly received between said bearing brackets, a pair of laterally spaced hinge brackets secured to said cover, said bearing brackets being snugly received between said hinge brackets, a pair of hinge pintles, said pintles comprising a pair of laterally aligned first elements rigidly secured to and laterally projecting one each outwardly from an opposite edge of said anchoring portion and a pair of laterally aligned second elements rigidly secured to said hinge bra-c :ers and laterally projecting one each inwardly therefrom, one each of said first and second elements being tubular, said tubular first and second elements telescopically receiving the other second and first element, respectively, for rotation thereon, said telescoping portions of said elements being journallcd in the openings of the bearing brackets for rotation therein.

2. The structure defined in claim 1 in which said cover has 9. depending peripheral flange capable of receiving therein said seat, said hinge brackets being detachably secured to the underside of said cover and totally contained therewithin.

3. The structure defined in claim 2 wherein said hinge brackets have portions snugly received between said flange and the outer surfaces of the adjacent bearing brackets.

4. The structure defined in claim 2 wherein said flange extends completely around the periphery of said cover and the rear edge portion of said flange is provided with a plurality of notches snugly receiving said bearing brackets upon upward swinging movement of said cover.

No references cited. 

